New York–New Jersey Highlands
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The New York – New Jersey Highlands is a
Bearfort Ridge and the Ramapo Mountains, Sterling Forest, Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks in New York, to the Hudson River at Storm King Mountain. The northern region is also known as the Hudson Highlands and the southern as the New Jersey Highlands. A broader definition would extend the region west to Reading, Pennsylvania, and east to the Housatonic River in Connecticut, encompassing the Reading Prong. The highlands are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains
.
In New Jersey, the region's watershed is protected by the state's own
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
.
The New Jersey Highlands Coalition was formed in 1988 to protect the resources of the region.[1]
In November 2004, the federal Highlands Conservation Act[2] was passed. The Highlands Conservation Act “recognizes the importance of the water, forest, agricultural, wildlife, recreational, and cultural resources of the Highlands region, and the national significance of the Highlands region to the United States.”
See also
References
- ^ Bloom, Susan (2015-01-08). "N.J. Highlands Coalition helps champion local land preservation". The Daily Record. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ https://www.congress.gov/108/plaws/publ421/PLAW-108publ421.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
- USGS - The Highlands Province
- New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council
- New Jersey Highlands Coalition
- The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference - Highlands Trail Guide
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Habitats of the New York - New Jersey Highlands
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